"One of the reasons why you are having to impose these burdens and the extended deployments and the lack of readiness is because of sequestration."
"Your presence here renews and invigorates this committee's commitment to making sure that every single life of every single member of the United States Navy will be given the utmost protection..."
"I assure you that this committee will do everything we can to support the Navy leadership's efforts to course correct, but we must also call you to task and demand answers."
"We also have a duty to eliminate all forms of modern-day slavery and human trafficking."
"If you keep deploying ships more than 7 months a year, you're not going to keep good people in the Navy."
"I think the men and women who are serving in the Navy would like to see some immediate action taken."
"Politics prevailed here."
"My commitment to all of you is that we will get to the bottom of these incidents."
"The USS John S. McCain was named after my father and grandfather."
"I'm deeply concerned by Mr. Pendleton's written testimony, which indicates 37 percent--that's over one-third--of the training certifications for U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers based in Japan were e..."
"The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) recorded an 846 percent increase in reports of suspected child sex trafficking from 2010-2015."